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· 5/23/1904

Louisiana & N. W. Ry. Co. v. Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co.

Citations

  • 112 La. 915
  • 36 So. 803
  • 1904 La. LEXIS 487

Syllabus

<p>EMINENT DOMAIN — PROPERTY SUBJECT — REVIEW ON APPEAL.</p> <p>1. Land in public use by one railroad company cannot,' without legislative authority, be taken by another railroad corporation. 2l South. 144, 49 La. Ann. 35.</p> <p>In the case at bar, the locus in quo belongs to defendant, and has been used by both corporations since 1880 as a common station. See McCormick Case, 33 South. 762, 109 La. 764.</p> <p>The appellate jurisdiction of this court embraces all questions of law and of fact, and all the findings of an expropriation jury are reviewable by this court on appeal.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that “the requirement obliging McCormack to appear at all court proceedings does not amount to a deprivation”
  • ruling that the defendant officer was “entitled to qualified immunity with respect to [the] plaintiff’s malicious prosecution claim under the Fourteenth Amendment procedural due process clause.”
  • reiterating that appearances at court proceedings do not amount to a deprivation of liberty under the Fourth Amendment
  • plaintiff must satisfy each element to establish malicious prosecution

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